Targeting Relative Inflation Forecast as Monetary Policy Framework for Adopting the Euro

Lucjan Orlowski

No wp754, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: This study proposes relative inflation forecast targeting as an operational framework of monetary policy for adopting the euro by the EU new Member States. This strategy assumes containing differentials between the domestic and the eurozone inflation forecasts as an operational target. A model prescribing the RIFT framework is presented along with a set of appropriate policy indicator variables and instrument rules. The proposed framework advances the strategy based on relatively strict inflation targeting that is currently pursued by some NMS. Several ARCHclass tests in various functional forms are employed for providing preliminary empirical evidence on convergence of inflation differentials relative to the euro area for Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary.

Keywords: Inflation targeting; Monetary convergence; Euro adoption; EU new Member States. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E42 E52 E61 F36 P24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2005-02-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-mac and nep-mon
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